Welcome to our blog!

Welcome to our first blog post, Esther's fans!  

We should start by introducing ourselves. Here is a little help from our opening article in The Riverfront Times: 

Esther's Persian Cafe Brings a Taste of the Middle East to Bridgeton

"Located in a strip mall just east of Interstate 270, the charming restaurant is Chef Reza Toghiyany's professional cooking debut, though if you ask his daughter, Esther Spurgeon, it's a role he's been primed to play for quite some time.

"My dad has always loved cooking. It's all I can remember him doing," Spurgeon explains. " We would always have friends come over who wanted him to cook for them. Eventually it grew to be more and more until finally we said, 'Dad, you should open a restaurant.'"


So here we are! 

We're excited to be in the neighborhood, and we're off to a great start! Feedback from our customers has been the same - thank goodness there is finally a restaurant offering unique and value conscious eats in our own backyard. 'The food is amazing, the price is right, the staff makes it feel like we're guests in their own home. '

We've seen some destination diners, too. As one of the only Persian restaurants in St. Louis, folks are driving from O'Fallon, Chesterfield, Downtown, and even Columbia for our home cooked favorites. 

We would love the opportunity to introduce ourselves to you, too!  Stop in and see us in Bridgeton, check us out on facebook, twitter, instagram and google. 

Be sure to stop in here frequently for updates, recipes, events and more. 

Esther's Persian Cafe - for the spice of life!  


Serving Persian comfort food and everyday essentials, Esther's seeks to bring the spice of life to St. Louis diners. We grew from a long tradition of home cooking, and seek to focus on food and family in everything we do. Our menu is slow cooked with love, spiced with care and approachable for anyone seeking new favorites.